Clark E. Smith is a partner at Vela Wood, a Texas TABC attorney, and head of the firm’s Alcohol Policy & Regulation practice.
Mattison Raiford is an attorney at Vela Wood. She represents clients in general business matters, with a focus on venture capital and mergers and acquisitions.
Chi Reece is a partner at Vela Wood. She focuses her practice in the areas of business and commercial transactions, real estate transactions, and trademarks.
Bronté Story is an attorney at Vela Wood. She focuses her practice on commercial contract matters with an additional focus in intellectual property law, entertainment law, employment law, and TABC and administrative regulatory compliance matters.
Alexus Esquibel is an attorney at Vela Wood. She represents clients in general business matters, with a focus on venture capital financing and mergers & acquisitions.
Gregory Smith is Senior Counsel for Vela Wood, with a practice focusing on real estate, corporate law and mergers and acquisitions. With a firm background in energy law including the renewables sector, Gregory has a substantial transactional knowledge foundation. Gregory is a 2020 and 2021 Super Lawyers Rising Star and a Texas Bar Foundation Life Fellow.
Rebecca Carpenter is Senior Counsel at Vela Wood. She focuses her practice on advising private fund and venture capital fund managers on a wide variety of business manners including formation, analysis of investments, and securities and regulatory matters.
Candace Groth is a senior attorney at Vela Wood. She focuses on mergers & acquisitions and complex LLC matters.
Alyson Rubio is a Partner at Vela Wood. Alyson’s experience includes representing clients ranging from startups to public companies in corporate and transactional matters.
Myra is a senior attorney at Vela Wood. Her experience includes representing a variety of startups and established businesses in transactional and intellectual property matters.